Deadline: November 1
Inquiries should be directed to the Division 12 Central Office at 303-652-3126 or lynnadmin@comcast.net

Senior Awards

Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Clinical Psychology
Honors psychologists who have made distinguished theoretical or empirical contributions to psychology.

Florence Halpern Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Clinical Psychology
Honors psychologists who have made distinguished advances in psychology leading to the understanding or amelioration of important practical problems and honors psychologists who have made outstanding contributions to the general profession of clinical psychology.

Stanley Sue Award for Distinguished Contributions to Diversity in Clinical Psychology
Honors psychologists who have made remarkable contributions to the understanding of human diversity and whose contributions have significant promise for bettering the human condition, overcoming prejudice, and enhancing the quality of life for humankind.

Toy Caldwell-Colbert Award for Distinguished Educator in Clinical Psychology
Honors psychologists who display excellence in mentoring clinical psychology graduate students, interns, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty. It will recognize those individuals who have been outstanding in supporting, encouraging and promoting education and training, professional and personal development, and career guidance to junior colleagues.

Mid Career Award

American Psychological Foundation Theodore Millon Award
The American Psychological Foundation (APF)
Theodore Millon, Ph.D. Award will be conferred annually (from 2008 through 2012) to an outstanding mid-career psychologist engaged in advancing the science of personality psychology including the areas of personology, personality theory, personality disorders, and personality measurement. A scientific review panel appointed by Division 12 of the American Psychological Association will select the recipient upon approval of the APF Trustees. The recipient will receive $1,000 and a plaque. If the recipient is present, the cash award and plaque will be presented by Division 12 at the APA convention. Nominees should be no less than 8 years and no more than 20 years post doctoral degree.

Early Career Awards

Theodore Blau Early Career Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Clinical Psychology (given jointly with APF)
Honors a clinical psychologist for professional accomplishments in clinical psychology. Accomplishments may include promoting the practice of clinical psychology through professional service; innovation in service delivery; novel application of applied research methodologies to professional practice; positive impact on health delivery systems; development of creative educational programs for practice; or other novel or creative activities advancing the service of the profession. Nominees should be no more than seven years post doctoral degree. Amount of the award is $2000

David Shakow Early Career Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Clinical Psychology
Given for contributions to the science clinical psychology by a person who has received the doctorate within the past seven years and who has made noteworthy contributions both to science and to practice. Up to $500 for travel to the APA Convention is awarded.

Samuel M. Turner Early Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to Diversity in Clinical Psychology
Honors an early-career psychologist who has made an outstanding contribution to diversity in clinical psychology. Nominees should be no more than seven years post doctoral degree.

Graduate Student Awards

Recipients of the Division 12 graduate student awards must be matriculated doctoral students in clinical psychology (including pre-doctoral interns) who are student affiliates of Division 12. Nominations should include a copy of nominee’s curriculum vitae and two letters of support detailing the nominee’s service contributions to the profession and community. Recipients of the awards receive a plaque, a $200 honorarium contributed jointly by Division 12 and Journal of Clinical Psychology, and a complementary two-year subscription to JCLP & JCLP: In Session. The Division 12 Education & Training Committee will determine the award recipients.

Distinguished Student Research Award in Clinical Psychology
Honors a graduate student in clinical psychology who has made exemplary theoretical or empirical contributions to research in clinical psychology Clinical research contributions can include quantity, quality, contribution to diversity, and/or innovations in research.

Distinguished Student Practice Award in Clinical Psychology
Honors a graduate student in clinical psychology who has made outstanding clinical practice contributions to the profession. Clinical practice contributions can include breadth and/or depth of practice activities, innovations in service delivery, contribution to diversity, and/or other meritorious contributions.

Distinguished Student Service Award in Clinical Psychology
Honors a graduate student in clinical psychology who has made outstanding service contributions to the profession and community. Service contribution can include development of creative educational programs or other novel activities in the advancement of service, contributions to diversity, working to increase funding for agencies, volunteer time, working on legislation regarding mental health, general mental health advocacy; as initiating outreach to under served communities or substantive involvement in efforts to do such outreach.

The Contributions to Interventions and/or Assessment for Communities of Color in Clinical Psychology Award presented to Guillermo Bernal, Ph.D. for contributions to the development and advancement of research or practice to communities of color

The Lifetime Award for Distinguished Contribution to Diversity in Clinical Psychology Science and Practice (Public Interest) presented to Cheryl Anne Boyce, Ph.D. for outstanding contributions in the promotion of diversity in clinical psychology

The Society encourages all those who
have been a member for at least a year to apply for Division
Fellowship. There are two categories of Fellowship:

1. "Initial Fellows" - those
who have never received Fellow status from any Division2. Fellows who are already Fellows in
another Division.

Achieving Initial Fellow status in the
American Psychological Association (APA) has always been
associated with the recognition that the individual has
achieved great distinction in his or her own field.

For Division 12, criteria for Fellowship
can have a broad range, including direct therapeutic services,
consultation, administration, research and involvement
in national, regional, state and local professional governance
activities. Outstanding service to APA Boards or Committees,
or to Division 12 Committees meet the criteria for fellowship,
provided that such services can be shown to have had a
positive impact on the field of clinical psychology as
a profession or science.

Nominees' accomplishments must be visible
and sharable with their colleagues. The nominator or applicant
must be able to identify these accomplishments, e.g.,
via a Master Series lecture, repeated presentations at
national or regional conventions, journal articles, brochures
or publication of a text. Is the nominee's performance
outstanding, noteworthy and consistent with the highest
levels of performance as compared with recognized leaders
in the field of clinical psychology? For nominees in predominately
clinical practice, there is a need to specify how their
therapy or practice represents an innovative application
with, for example, a difficult disorder or an atypical
patient population. It is the responsibility of each Fellow
who endorses a candidate to specify clearly how the nominee
has made a visible impact on the field of clinical psychology.
Incomplete, vague or general endorsements will be returned
for further specification of the nominee's outstanding
or noteworthy contributions.

Fellows who have already become members
in another division need not complete the entire Initial
application again. Send a letter of achievements and vita
to the Central Office.

Due date for all Fellows applications:
December 1 of a given year. Note to Initial Fellow applicants
- the entire process takes just a few months shy of a
year. After being reviewed by the Div 12 Fellows Committee,
names selected are reviewed by APA's Membership Committee,
and finally by the Council at each year's Convention.